Title: Co-Experience and Streaming Mobile Video
Abstract: This paper
presents evidence from a pilot study of how ordinary people use mobile streaming
video. We argue that although such technology is still its infancy, it is
important to understand how it supports social activities. In essence, our
study shows how services that promote co-experience – for example, singing
karaoke together with friends in public places – become attractive to users.
We find that the collaborative use of streaming mobile video is often connected
to having fun. The results indicate that user innovations facilitate the
social shaping of mobile multimedia technology. The data for this study are
derived from a technology pilot of Radiolinja from 2002.
Author: Petteri
Repo, Kaarina Hyvönen, and Ilpo Koskinen